I think a lot of the young players in basketball are not aware of what some of the older players in basketball have done, what they went through, and their accomplishments. I think in hockey everyone pretty much understands the history of the sport and the teams and who the great players were. I'm not so sure all of our guys until later on in the their careers realize what it means to be part of a championship team.
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Only three NBA stars ( Tim Duncan , Allen Iverson and Richard Jefferson ) return from last year's qualifying team. As a result, the U. S. will go to Athens with its youngest squad ever (average age 23.6 years) and one that, judging from its struggles during the exhibition season, is hardly a lock for the gold medal. This is going to be a huge challenge because we do have young players, ... They're going to look around and realize that these international teams are well-coached, they play an appealing style, they truly are teams and their skill level is extremely high. So, we better understand that right from the beginning.
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We're just young. And I guess this is the process you have to live with.
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He's way behind where he will be, but he's worked very hard and he's getting better every day. He's nowhere up to the level of conditioning that Channing Frye, David Lee and Jackie Butler and the rest of our young kids are at this time. But I always think that it takes bigger guys longer.
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The way we want to coach and play . . . he exemplifies all of those things, ... I thought with this young team he was vital for us because he's the most mature and the most experienced and really a true professional. I felt it would really help the young guys.
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